clickable word inside TextView in android

Question

I have TextView with text that changed dynamically. This text contain strings like myWord. I want that after click to this \"

Answer 1

To make it full answer with mixing answers;

private void textAreaInit()
{
    String str = "<a href='#'>Link 1</a> and <a href='#'>Link2</a> is here.";

    TextView tv = mConfirmText;  
    String[] devFull = str.split("<a href='#'>");


    tv.append(Html.fromHtml(devFull[0]));

    SpannableString[] link = new SpannableString[devFull.length-1];

    ClickableSpan[] cs = new ClickableSpan[devFull.length-1];
    String linkWord;
    String[] devDevFull = new String[2];

    for(int i=1; i<devFull.length; i++)
    {
        //obtaining 'clear' link
        devDevFull = devFull[i].split("</a>");
        link[i-1] = new SpannableString(devDevFull[0]);
        linkWord = devDevFull[0];
        final String a = linkWord;
        cs[i-1] = new ClickableSpan()
        { 
            private String w = a;
            @Override
            public void onClick(View widget) {

                if(w.equals("Link 1"))
                {
                    Intent intent = new Intent(PrintPropertiesActivity.this, ViewerAcivity.class);
                    intent.putExtra("title", "Link1");
                    intent.putExtra("uri", "link1");
                    intent.putExtra("type", "1");
                    startActivity(intent);
                }
                else
                {
                    Intent intent = new Intent(PrintPropertiesActivity.this, ViewerAcivity.class);
                    intent.putExtra("title", "Link2");
                    intent.putExtra("uri", "link2");
                    intent.putExtra("type", "2");
                    startActivity(intent);
                }
            }
        };
        link[i-1].setSpan(cs[i-1], 0, linkWord.length(), 0);
        tv.append(link[i-1]);
        try{
            tv.append(Html.fromHtml(devDevFull[1]));
        }
        catch(Exception e){}
    }


    makeLinksFocusable(tv);
}

private void makeLinksFocusable(TextView tv) {
    MovementMethod m = tv.getMovementMethod();  
    if ((m == null) || !(m instanceof LinkMovementMethod)) {  
        if (tv.getLinksClickable()) {  
            tv.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());  
        }  
    }  
}

Answer 2

The best workaround I know is to create your own Button class. You could make the Button have a transparent background so that only the text is seen by the user. Then when the Button is pressed down change the TextColor and TextStyle of the button to be a darker color and underlined. This will work exactly as a link does. You can then use startActivity to go to the appropriated activity. You should not use hyperlinks to connect to other activities within your application.

Answer 3

This should do the trick. Just change your edittext's text in the OnClickListener. It may be able to be reduced but this should work.

private void foo() {
    SpannableString link = makeLinkSpan("click here", new View.OnClickListener() {          
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // respond to click
        }
    });

    // We need a TextView instance.        
    TextView tv = new TextView(context);   

    // Set the TextView's text     
    tv.setText("To perform action, ");

    // Append the link we created above using a function defined below.
    tv.append(link);

    // Append a period (this will not be a link).
    tv.append(".");

    // This line makes the link clickable!
    makeLinksFocusable(tv);
}

/*
 * Methods used above.
 */

private SpannableString makeLinkSpan(CharSequence text, View.OnClickListener listener) {
    SpannableString link = new SpannableString(text);
    link.setSpan(new ClickableString(listener), 0, text.length(), 
        SpannableString.SPAN_INCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
    return link;
}

private void makeLinksFocusable(TextView tv) {
    MovementMethod m = tv.getMovementMethod();  
    if ((m == null) || !(m instanceof LinkMovementMethod)) {  
        if (tv.getLinksClickable()) {  
            tv.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());  
        }  
    }  
}

/*
 * ClickableString class 
 */

private static class ClickableString extends ClickableSpan {  
    private View.OnClickListener mListener;          
    public ClickableString(View.OnClickListener listener) {              
        mListener = listener;  
    }          
    @Override  
    public void onClick(View v) {  
        mListener.onClick(v);  
    }        
}

Answer 4

You can use below code;

 SpannableString myString = new SpannableString(Html.fromHtml("Please "+"<font color=\"#F15d36\"><u>"+"login"+"</u></font>" +" or "+ "<font color=\"#F15d36\"><u>"+"sign up"+ "</u></font>"+" to begin your YupIT experience"));

        ClickableSpan clickableSpan = new ClickableSpan() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View textView) {
                Toast.makeText(getContext(),"dfsgvdfs",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        };

        ClickableSpan clickableSpan1 = new ClickableSpan() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View textView) {
                Toast.makeText(getContext(),"dfsgvdfs",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        };

        myString.setSpan(clickableSpan,6,12,Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
        myString.setSpan(clickableSpan1,15,23,Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

        myString.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.parseColor("#F15d36")),6, 12, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
        myString.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.parseColor("#F15d36")),15,23, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);


        tvFound.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
        tvFound.setText(myString);

Answer 5

My personal opinion would be to make a second textview containing the text that you want to be your link. Then you could do your action in the onClick of this second textView . Also as zzzzzzzzzzz stated above, you could choose to change the font properties of that text to whatever you want once it has been clicked.

Answer 6

Better approach is

   SpannableString ss = new SpannableString("Android is a Software stack");
    ClickableSpan clickableSpan = new ClickableSpan() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View textView) {
            startActivity(new Intent(MyActivity.this, NextActivity.class));
        }
    };
    ss.setSpan(clickableSpan, 22, 27, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
//where 22 and 27 are the starting and ending index of the String. Now word stack is clickable 
// onClicking stack it will open NextActiivty

    TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.hello);
    textView.setText(ss);
    textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());